Is anyone else having an issue with the music playback on the phone? My phone seems to give some slight distortion/screeching when playing music (certain sounds/beats).

I have used both wired and bluetooth headphones, to no avail. I also tried both of these headsets with other devices (my laptop) with no problems. Not that it makes any difference, but I use Pandora primarily to listen to music, both on my phone and laptop.

I recently called VZW and was told to take the phone in for a 14-day "worry-free guarantee" swap out. I swapped the phone out and yet still the same issue with the new device.

Wondering if this is just bad luck on my end, or an ongoing issue with the device?

I do not get this, I love a lot of things about this phone, and others, but the lack of expandable storage is a deal breaker for me at ANY size. That said, this phone, in a much smaller screen size and overall size, with microSD would be great. Oh well.

...isn't it time manufacturers started focusing on less glitzy features in exchange for features that matter in the real world?

For example, phones are destined for a harsh life of abuse yet they are notoriously fragile with screens getting cracked from minor drops and death from minor exposure to water. Another common complaint is that the batteries just don't last enough hours. Also one or the other speaker (earpiece or speakerphone) tend to fail at some point. Laptops are built to higher standards and they are likely to spend their lives on a desk in a climate/humidity controlled building!

It seems to me that a bigger focus needs to be placed on developing phones that can handle the real world instead of attempting to make a phon...(continues)

Won't setting the phone down cause the middle back button to be pressed? It looks raised on some of those photos. My first thought was that it was a little rubber nub-like stand and thought oh cool, but to find out its a button??

HOPEFULLY this stops people from blindly handing their $600 smartphones to their kids, only for their kids to change all their passwords and mess up their phone. This should have been a feature in phones long ago.